Apparel-hanger.



y APATEMED JULY 28, 1908.

l F. N.1 KBRSHAW. I- APARBL HANGER.

APPLIUATION FILED APB... 25.1908.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT OEEICE.

FEED NVKEESEAW, OE RACINE, WISCONSIN, AssIGNoE To PEEELEss NOVELTY COMPANY,

OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

APPAREL-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1908.

To all whom it may concern.'

j Be it known that I, FRED N. KEnsnAw, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have' invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ap areI-Hangers; and I do hereby declare that t e following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

' My invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts herein particularly set forth With reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims, its obj ect being to provide simple, economical and efficient lock hangers for apparel such as coats and hats.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a partly sectional side elevation of a hat and coat lock hanger in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same on the planes indicated by lines 2-2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a front elevation of the indented back-plate of the.4 hanger provided with spring-detents; Fig. 4, a rear elevation of the front casing of said hanger having a slide rack-block therein, and Fig. 5, va side view of a key for retracting said detents and holding the same out of position to engage a tooth of said block. n

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates a back-plate of any suitable .contour providedl with a central angular depression having an upper inclined portion to which ends of suitably bent spring-detents B are fastened by rivets or other suitable means. Fastened by screws b or other suitable means to the backeplate are iianges c of a box-like front casing C, and guided in the casing is a slide rack-block D engageable with said detents. The top of the casing is recessed for the introduction of a key E, and a key-way d is provided in said casing. The key is a plate provided With a longitudinal slot e by which 1t clears a lug f extending from the rack-side of the block D, in order to retract the detents B that normally engage a tooth Of said block.

A screw shank g of an upper jaw F extends through a vertical center slot h in the front of the casing C and engages the rack-block D to slide therewith, a shoulder-plate 'i of said jaw adjacent to its shank being astraddle of said slot and guided on the front of said casing. The jaw F has the form of an inverted hook, and another jaw G in the form of a hook is in rigid connection With the front of the casing C adjacent to the lower end of same. The opposing ends of the aws are provided with matching concave and convex buttons j, lc, these buttons being preferably leather or other suitable elastic material.

The key E is normally full down in the casing-portion C of the above described hanger to hold the detents B out of working position and thus ermit ready vertical adjustment of the jaw F and rack-block D to which said jaw is connected. This jaw F being lifted, a coat or hat or both may be hung on the jaw G, after Which the former jaw is lowered into contact with the suspended apparel and the key Withdrawn. The withdrawal of the key permits engagement of the detents B with the rack-block and thus the jaw F is locked to prevent a lift of same far enough to permit removal of the apparel hung on the opposite jaw.

The set of the rack-block lug f differs in each hanger so as to prevent the key of one hanger beingutilized to retract the detents of another, said lug being a stop for a key or keys not correspondingly slotted. However a master-key common to a series of hangers may be utilized to openany one of same, in case itskey has been lost or mislaid.

The hanger herein shown may be attached by any suitable means to a wall or other suport, andthe support itself may be the back or one orv a series of casings such as the one herein specied, clearance space being provided in every instance for the detent or detents engageable with the rack-block guided in each casing.

I claim: 4

1. An apparel hanger comprising a rackblock and guide for same, a lug extending from the rack-side of the block, a jaw in connection With said block to move with same, a detent automatically engageable with the rack-block but retractable by a slide-key 2. An apparel hangercomprising a back 10o having 'clearance space therein, afront slotted In testimony that I claim the foregoing I 10 easing on the back, a raolvblook guided in have hereunto set iny hand at Racine in the the. Casing, a lug extending from the raokcounty of Racine and State of \isoo1isi1i, in side of the 1block/a jaw engaging the casingthe presence of two Witnessesb slot and attached to said block, a detent automatically engageable with said block but FRED N' KERSHMV' retractable into said space by a slide key hav- Witnesses:

ing a lug-clearing slot, and astationary jaw C. C. GITTINGS, in opposition to the one aforesaid.. l J; B. WiLLIAMsA 

